Hmm, that's odd. I never had any damage all race, which is a first for me this season. I didn't touch anything all race, must've been a glitch of some sort with the replay. I could never drive that fast with damage, hell, I couldn't drive the car at all if I had that much damage!
After a fairly good qualifying, starting 5th, when I could've shaved a tenth or 2 at least, off of that 1:36.0 that put me 5th, I was feeling confident, but never really thinking of a win at all.
Turn 1 was thankfully clean, and I managed to keep tissimo behind me. Blaze was first of the frontrunners to crack, which put me 4th, and then later on, Veloci and toyotasupra also lost it into turn 1, which put me 2nd, about 4 seconds shy of Magz. It was only now that I was thinking of a victory, but my aim was to maintain the gap to him, and keep the charging Blaze behind me. On the lap all 3 of us were set to pit, I went off at the bus stop, and lost 3rd to Blaze. Fueled it as much as I needed to at the first stop, which meant I had a slow getaway. That stint consisted of me driving my way past those who had yet to stop, and catching back up to Blaze and Magz, who were now locked in a titanic battle for the lead.
Then, along came my 2nd and final stop, 1 lap after the leading pair pitted. To my surprise, I came out right in their wake, and right behind tissimo. Few laps later and I was past tissimo, and quickly caught up to Blaze and Magz. Then, I made a daring double overtake around the outside, jsut before braking into turn 1, and, thanks to traffic, managed to escape the draft, and drive my way to a first victory! Slight fuel scare at the end, but otherwise, brilliant race!